I was at work, reviewing a shipment report, and told him I could call back in twenty minutes.

When I did, he answered at once.

“You remembered,” he said.

The sentence stayed with me long after the conversation ended.

It was such a small thing to remember a call.

Yet to Mason it had become evidence.

Lauren and I also began discussing practical responsibilities.

I asked about school fees, medical appointments, extracurricular activities, and the things she had paid for alone since his birth.